𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 (witōþ, “law”) +‎ *𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*fasteis, “expert”), the latter element related to 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan) (possibly via an unattested *𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*fasts, “firm, secure”), from *fastaz, *fastuz) with the agent noun–forming suffix -𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-eis).

Noun

𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (witōdafasteis) m

1. lawyer, law scholar, legist

Declension

Masculine ja-stem

	singular	plural
nominative	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 witōdafasteis	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 witōdafastjōs
vocative	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 witōdafasti	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 witōdafastjōs
accusative	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 witōdafasti	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 witōdafastjans
genitive	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 witōdafasteis	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌴 witōdafastjē
dative	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰 witōdafastja	𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 witōdafastjam